Nuclear War : A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen

4.35 AVERAGE

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remery3's review against another edition

3.0
dark informative medium-paced
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jacobblank's review

4.5
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 “The living will envy the dead“

windmill5979's review

3.75
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mpmassaro89's review

3.25
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timmysclafani's review

4.5
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brettjamin's review

4.5
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The structure was interesting and the content was engaging. A lot of the US stuff I was already pretty aware of and would have liked to hear more about what we know about the Russian, North Korean, and other systems. It was obviously a worst case scenario and I found myself wanting a little bit more consideration for how humans might actually react - The example in Russia, another one that I'm aware of during the Cuban missile crisis, etc are times when the people who actually have to press the button have decided not to. I wonder how often that would happen in a scenario like this. It seemed incredibly well researched. I would have liked to have had an epilogue discussing Australia or parts of the world not nearly as impacted that would have still had usable infrastructure. Overall good read.

skinopolus's review

3.0
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slsabou's review

4.5
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cindy_desu's review

4.75
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madif's review against another edition

3.0
dark informative tense slow-paced